teehee

*rubbing hands together excitedly*
I've been prototyping christmas presents :)
I could show you, but then I'd have to kill you.

swine flu fun

So when you're at home for a couple weeks straight...you come up with ways to amuse yourself. Like trips to the swine flu infested ER (Daniel has cellulitis on his elbow!)

Terrorizing kittens with home made sweatersAnd finding creative ways to use leftovers. This would be "Ranch Bacon Cheeseburgers a la Laura"

Fire Station Open House

We had a GREAT time at the firestation open house that we went to on Saturday!
We met Big Lug. Alexis called him out as being "just a person in a costume" and kept harrassing him about it lol


Alexis tried to fill some pretty big shoes :)

Daniel was in gadget heaven and would have stayed all day if I had let him

The kids also got a chance to sit in a helicopter! Sparrow's Life Flight was there and generously allowed anyone to sit in the EMT's seat. So much fun!

It was a chilly day but we had a great time and learned a lot about fire safety. The fire fighters were awesome!

What I said, what he heard

Today, due to extreme naughtyness that was discovered right before dinner, I informed the children they were in trouble and they would be punished after dinner. Let them stew a bit, right?

Daniel keeps casting me these worried looks and finally asks "Where are you going to punish me?"

I looked at him for a moment, trying to decode just what he meant.

"Are you going to punish me in my tummy?"

oh my word, my baby was worried I was going to PUNCH him in the stomach after dinner!!

Talk about feeling like the worst mom ever!

Quickly I corrected that "punish" is another word for "consequence" which he is very familiar with lol

Adventures in Michigan...

Even pedestrians have detours in Michigan!
Daniel and I did a couple of miles on Riverwalk before being eaten alive by mosquitos!

Daniel got a great haircut by Phil "like Dr. Phil!!" says Daniel
He's all ready for school now!

Daniel discovers comedy

Daniel's formula for every joke he tells:

Why did the *random item* cross the road?

To get to the other *random item*!

for example "Why did the blue milk top cross the road? To get to the other Diego!! HAHAHAHAhahahh"

Lazy (but productive) days

The kids have been having a ball having sleepovers in each others bedrooms

I decided to clean out the storage room aka, my bedroom. Here is Mt. Washmore before:

You really CAN move mountains!! see my cool Barbie phone too?

After watching High School Musical 3, we were inspired to have a picnic with pizza and chocolate covered strawberries. They were delish, the kids went nuts over them of course!

I think every Chin has one of THESE in their house!

My garden is doing wonderfully, I have actual blossoms on two out of three tomato varieties. A cucumber plant is growing despite my complete neglect of it (thought it was dead, whoops!) I'll post a few pics soon :)